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    $5 Dinners | Budget Recipes, Meal Plans, Freezer Meals

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    21 Gluten Free Freezer Meals for $150 That Will Rock Your Gluten Free World

    October 6, 2014 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 13 Comments

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    Gluten Free 21 Freezer Meals for $150 Meal Plan #5 from 5DollarDinners.com

    Friend. Can we chat for a minute?! I am completely blown away by how much you love these plans. Seriously, THANK YOU for sharing these plans, emailing me about your experiences, sharing on Instagram and Facebook and for whatever way you spread the word about these meal plans. I’m filled with gratitude and will continue to work hard to provide great meal plans for you….including this next one. But before we get to the plans, I need to share the MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS that we’ve made around here…

    • We made dramatic changes to the Assembly Process & Instructions and they will be much more clear for you to use as you assemble and cook the meals in this plan.
    • We had a professional come in to shoot the videos of the assembly process…no more blurry screen and difficult times hearing me…the downside of shooting videos in your kitchen from my laptop! I brought the big guns in and you’re going to love the videos (and all the ‘live bloopers’ too)!
    • We are also offering a regular version of this plan.

    Other Helpful Links

    • 20 Meals from Costco for $150 Plan’s FAQ & ‘Disclaimers’ page
    • My personal slow cooker: 6-quart E-lume from Crockpot

    Recipe List

    Each gluten-free recipe serves a family of 4. Larger families or families with bottomless pits (also known as teenage boys!) will need to adjust the plans and ingredient amounts to meet your family’s needs.

    • BBQ Meatballs & Potatoes with Frozen Vegetables
    • Herbed Meatballs with Gluten Free Pasta & Frozen Vegetables
    • Italian Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes & Frozen Vegetables
    • (2) Black Bean Chili with Mashed Potatoes & Frozen Vegetables
    • (2) Sloppy Joe Bowls with Frozen Vegetables
    • (2) Gluten Free Spaghetti with Meat Sauce & Frozen Vegetables
    • (2) BBQ Pulled Pork Roast with Mashed Potatoes & Frozen Vegetables
    • (2) Peach Glazed Pork Roast with Mashed Potatoes & Frozen Vegetables
    • (2) BBQ Chicken Street Tacos with Black Beans & Corn
    • (2) Red Chicken Enchiladas with Salad
    • (2) Creamy Cajun Chicken with Gluten Free Spaghetti with Frozen Vegetables
    • (2) Black Bean & Corn Enchiladas with Salad

    Gluten-Free-Freezer-Meal-Plan-from-Costco

    Costco Ingredients & Price List

    • 2 – 5 lb. packs ground beef – $20.65 & $19.72
    • 1 – 4 pack pork roasts, about 8 lbs. total or 2 lbs. per roast – $19.72
    • 3 – 3 lb. rotisserie chickens – $4.99 each, $14.97
    • 100 ct. corn tortillas – $3.19
    • 15 lbs. gold potatoes – $7.49
    • Salad – 2 clamshells – $3.99 each, $7.98
    • 1 – 5 lb. bag frozen mixed vegetables – $6.69
    • 1 – 5 lb. bag frozen broccoli -$6.29
    • 1 – 5 lb. bag frozen green beans – $6.79
    • 1 – 5 lb. bag frozen corn – $5.99
    • 2 pack – 45 oz. bottles BBQ sauce – $5.99
    • 12 pack – 15 oz. cans tomato sauce – $7.59
    • 8 pack – 15 oz. cans black beans – $6.79
    • 2 pack – 67 oz. jars spaghetti sauce – $7.49
    • 2 lb. cheese block, Monterey Jack variety – $5.99

    Total – $153.33

    Anticipated Leftovers

    • 28 corn tortillas $1
    • BBQ sauce $3
    • spaghetti sauce $2
    • 2 cans black beans $1
    • 4 cans tomato sauce $2

    Estimated Cost After Leftovers $144.33

    There are a variety of additional items you’ll need to have stocked in your pantry or purchase at the grocery store like chicken broth, gluten free pasta, rice, butter, eggs, milk, spices, etc. All of these items are too expensive to purchase at Costco or come in way bigger containers than needed for these 21 meals.

    Make it simple…with 1 of these 2 packages!

    Let us make the experience of preparing these meals simpler and easier. We have a new store and you can now use Paypal or credit card to purchase your meal plans. There are 2 packages to choose from…

    Complete Package

    One of the most challenging parts to pulling together a large number of meals like this at once is knowing what to do first, next, then and last. When you do things ‘out of order,’ it really can mess up the assembly process and cause you to waste a.lot of time in the kitchen. I’ve created several new printables and instructional videos that will actually make the assembly as smooth and quick as possible for you. Seriously, I might have done a celebratory dance when I finished the assembly…and you will want to as well!  

    3 Packages for Gluten Free Plan- Printable Recipes, Grocery List & Assembly Instructions – See below!

    • Printable Assembly Instructions – step by step guide to pulling all these meals together and into the freezer
    • Printable Labels – you can print these out onto Avery #6874 label paper and stick them to your plastic baggies or containers.
    • Instructional Assembly Videos – exclusive access!
    • Full Recipes & Grocery List Printables are included as well

      You can find the ALL of the Costco Meal Plan Printables, plus Sam’s Club Meal Plans and my E-Cookbooks in the new store page. Once you’ve chosen all the ones you need, you can checkout!

      NOTE: Please download these files directly to your computer within 72 hours, then you can add to your e-reader/phone/tablet. If you have issues with the download, PLEASE EMAIL ME! I’ll be able to help you out!

      Disclaimer: I have no formal relationship with Costco and am not paid by them to share these plans. I am not affiliated with them and am not endorsed by them. I created these plans to help myself (and you!) spend less money at Costco, while using up all the bulk ingredients without them going to waste. Hope they help your family as much as they help our family!
      Disclaimer: As an Amazon Associate, I earn commissions on qualifying purchases. Reviews, opinions are my own.
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      Comments

      1. june says

        October 6, 2014 at 4:17 pm

        I like your recipes, but I don’t see a place where you put which meal in which bag.

        I really need this. Example: carrots in bag 1-2, 5-6, etc.

        I hope you have this available.

        June Wren

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      2. Johanna says

        October 10, 2014 at 12:59 pm

        I was excited about this, but the first recipe listed, BBQ meatballs, is not gluten free! It has breadcrumbs. I did not look at the other recipes all, but if you are going to call this plan gluten free, the recipes should indeed not contain any gluten.

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        • Jenn K says

          October 10, 2014 at 1:21 pm

          The printables explain any GF variations including using GF breadcrumbs etc.

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          • Johanna says

            October 10, 2014 at 2:37 pm

            Yes, but then it is not 21 meals for $150 since GF breadcrumbs cost 4X as much as regular ones. I was just a bit disappointed when I saw that. I was excited about something that wasn’t exactly what it said.

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            • Debra says

              October 25, 2014 at 8:27 pm

              I won’t buy GF bread crumbs as they are way too expensive. Growing up my non GF family always made porcupine meatballs (rice instead of bread crumbs) and meatloaf with oatmeal instead of bread. The shopping list is basically the same I just grabbed my recipes for these two dishes made a few adjustments. Not a big deal and I still had my costco shopping list and menu ideas. We also forgo the GF pasta and just serve those dishes on a bed of rice. We love rice anyways so it was not a big deal. 🙂

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              • Debra says

                November 6, 2014 at 4:15 pm

                Update: My kids have loved these. The cajan chicken, sloppy joes, pulled pork and more. This morning as my teenager was getting ready for school she asked me what was for dinner because she was looking forward to another great meal from this plan. Yeah!! My kids didn’t love the crockpot plan (they just don’t like potatoes in the crockpot and the crockpot taste) but they rave about this one.

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              • Jamie says

                January 5, 2015 at 3:50 pm

                When you make your porcupine meatballs, do you cook the rice first? And do you cook the oatmeal before adding it to your meatloaf?

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      3. Jamie says

        October 12, 2014 at 2:21 am

        The pasta dishes are misleading… I looked over the shopping list multiple times before I discovered the “fine” print at the bottom stating that gluten free pasta would need to be purchased elsewhere. — This increases the price of these meals DRAMATICALLY. And Costco does carry a decent GF pasta, 3 pkgs for about $7.99. Granted, for these meals that would add approx $16 to the total, but GF pasta typically cannot be located for under $2/pkg ($1.84 at Walmart for corn pasta is the lowest cost I’ve found). This should definitely be addressed- either reflect that in the total or serve with a lower cost option such as rice. Leaving out the gf specific items and then claiming it’s a gf meal plan for x dollars is VERY misleading. Eating GF is so much more expensive, when I see your meal plans I get excited and think- “maybe I can cut the budget!”… but that’s not the case. Also, we purchase many items like eggs, butter, and chicken stock at Costco- perhaps that’s because we are a large family (8), but they definitely don’t seem more expensive to me when I cost compare to the same quality products elsewhere. Maybe that’s because we are on the West Coast and it’s more expensive here?

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        • Rachel says

          December 19, 2014 at 9:08 am

          A great inexpensive pasta option is the brown rice/quinoa pasta at Trader Joes. If you have one nearby.

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      4. amanda says

        December 14, 2014 at 9:47 pm

        I always use the GF bread ends for bread crumbs and make my own. Just pop them in the oven on a tray on low heat until they are dry and crunchy, and then blend them in the blender or food processor until they are “crumbs”. Then I store them in a baggie in the freezer until I need them.

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      5. Rachel says

        June 23, 2017 at 5:16 pm

        How in the heck do I actually buy this plan? I have clicked the links provided, and its not available in the online store.. ? Help!

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